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<html lang="en"><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="../images/docs-stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><title>Apache Tomcat 8 Configuration Reference (8.5.97) - The Loader Component</title><meta name="author" content="Craig R. McClanahan"></head><body><div id="wrapper"><header><div id="header"><div><div><div class="logo noPrint"><a href="https://tomcat.apache.org/"><img alt="Tomcat Home" src="../images/tomcat.png"></a></div><div style="height: 1px;"></div><div class="asfLogo noPrint"><a href="https://www.apache.org/" target="_blank"><img src="../images/asf-logo.svg" alt="The Apache Software Foundation" style="width: 266px; height: 83px;"></a></div><h1>Apache Tomcat 8 Configuration Reference</h1><div class="versionInfo">
Version 8.5.97,
<time datetime="2023-12-07">Dec 7 2023</time></div><div style="height: 1px;"></div><div style="clear: left;"></div></div></div></div></header><div id="middle"><div><div id="mainLeft" class="noprint"><div><nav><div><h2>Links</h2><ul><li><a href="../index.html">Docs Home</a></li><li><a href="index.html">Config Ref. Home</a></li><li><a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TOMCAT/FAQ">FAQ</a></li><li><a href="#comments_section">User Comments</a></li></ul></div><div><h2>Top Level Elements</h2><ul><li><a href="server.html">Server</a></li><li><a href="service.html">Service</a></li></ul></div><div><h2>Executors</h2><ul><li><a href="executor.html">Executor</a></li></ul></div><div><h2>Connectors</h2><ul><li><a href="http.html">HTTP/1.1</a></li><li><a href="http2.html">HTTP/2</a></li><li><a href="ajp.html">AJP</a></li></ul></div><div><h2>Containers</h2><ul><li><a href="context.html">Context</a></li><li><a href="engine.html">Engine</a></li><li><a href="host.html">Host</a></li><li><a href="cluster.html">Cluster</a></li></ul></div><div><h2>Nested Components</h2><ul><li><a href="cookie-processor.html">CookieProcessor</a></li><li><a href="credentialhandler.html">CredentialHandler</a></li><li><a href="globalresources.html">Global Resources</a></li><li><a href="jar-scanner.html">JarScanner</a></li><li><a href="jar-scan-filter.html">JarScanFilter</a></li><li><a href="listeners.html">Listeners</a></li><li><a href="loader.html">Loader</a></li><li><a href="manager.html">Manager</a></li><li><a href="realm.html">Realm</a></li><li><a href="resources.html">Resources</a></li><li><a href="sessionidgenerator.html">SessionIdGenerator</a></li><li><a href="valve.html">Valve</a></li></ul></div><div><h2>Cluster Elements</h2><ul><li><a href="cluster.html">Cluster</a></li><li><a href="cluster-manager.html">Manager</a></li><li><a href="cluster-channel.html">Channel</a></li><li><a href="cluster-membership.html">Channel/Membership</a></li><li><a href="cluster-sender.html">Channel/Sender</a></li><li><a href="cluster-receiver.html">Channel/Receiver</a></li><li><a href="cluster-interceptor.html">Channel/Interceptor</a></li><li><a href="cluster-valve.html">Valve</a></li><li><a href="cluster-deployer.html">Deployer</a></li><li><a href="cluster-listener.html">ClusterListener</a></li></ul></div><div><h2>web.xml</h2><ul><li><a href="filter.html">Filter</a></li></ul></div><div><h2>Other</h2><ul><li><a href="systemprops.html">System properties</a></li><li><a href="jaspic.html">JASPIC</a></li></ul></div></nav></div></div><div id="mainRight"><div id="content"><h2>The Loader Component</h2><h3 id="Table_of_Contents">Table of Contents</h3><div class="text">
<ul><li><a href="#Introduction">Introduction</a></li><li><a href="#Attributes">Attributes</a><ol><li><a href="#Common_Attributes">Common Attributes</a></li><li><a href="#Standard_Implementation">Standard Implementation</a></li></ol></li><li><a href="#Nested_Components">Nested Components</a></li><li><a href="#Special_Features">Special Features</a><ol><li><a href="#Logging">Logging</a></li></ol></li></ul>
</div><h3 id="Introduction">Introduction</h3><div class="text">
<p>The <strong>Loader</strong> element represents the <em>web
application class loader</em> that will be used to load Java
classes and resources for your web application. Such
a class loader must follow the requirements of the Servlet
Specification, and load classes from the following locations:</p>
<ul>
<li>From the <code>/WEB-INF/classes</code> directory inside your
web application.</li>
<li>From JAR files in the <code>/WEB-INF/lib</code> directory
inside your web application.</li>
<li>From resources made available by Catalina to all web
applications globally.</li>
</ul>
<p>A Loader element MAY be nested inside a <a href="context.html">Context</a>
component. If it is not included, a default Loader configuration will be
created automatically, which is sufficient for most requirements.</p>
<p>For a more in-depth description of the class loader hierarchy
that is implemented by Catalina, see <a href="../class-loader-howto.html">the ClassLoader HowTo</a>.</p>
<p><em>The description below uses the variable name $CATALINA_BASE to refer the
base directory against which most relative paths are resolved. If you have
not configured Tomcat for multiple instances by setting a CATALINA_BASE
directory, then $CATALINA_BASE will be set to the value of $CATALINA_HOME,
the directory into which you have installed Tomcat.</em></p>
</div><h3 id="Attributes">Attributes</h3><div class="text">
<div class="subsection"><h4 id="Common_Attributes">Common Attributes</h4><div class="text">
<p>All implementations of <strong>Loader</strong>
support the following attributes:</p>
<table class="defaultTable"><tr><th style="width: 15%;">
Attribute
</th><th style="width: 85%;">
Description
</th></tr><tr><td><code class="attributeName">className</code></td><td>
<p>Java class name of the implementation to use. This class must
implement the <code>org.apache.catalina.Loader</code> interface.
If not specified, the standard value (defined below) will be used.</p>
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="attributeName">delegate</code></td><td>
<p>Set to <code>true</code> if you want the class loader to follow
the standard Java2 delegation model, and attempt to load classes from
parent class loaders <strong>before</strong> looking inside the web
application. Set to <code>false</code> (the default) to have the
class loader look inside the web application first, before asking
parent class loaders to find requested classes or resources.</p>
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="attributeName">reloadable</code></td><td>
<p>Set to <code>true</code> if you want Catalina to monitor classes in
<code>/WEB-INF/classes/</code> and <code>/WEB-INF/lib</code> for
changes, and automatically reload the web application if a change
is detected. This feature is very useful during application
development, but it requires significant runtime overhead and is
not recommended for use on deployed production applications. You
can use the <a href="../manager-howto.html">Manager</a> web
application, however, to trigger reloads of deployed applications
on demand.</p>
<p><strong>NOTE</strong> - The value for this property will be
inherited from the <code>reloadable</code> attribute you set on
the surrounding <a href="context.html">Context</a> component,
and any value you explicitly set here will be replaced.</p>
</td></tr></table>
</div></div>
<div class="subsection"><h4 id="Standard_Implementation">Standard Implementation</h4><div class="text">
<p>The standard implementation of <strong>Loader</strong> is
<strong>org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappLoader</strong>.
It supports the following additional attributes (in addition to the
common attributes listed above):</p>
<table class="defaultTable"><tr><th style="width: 15%;">
Attribute
</th><th style="width: 85%;">
Description
</th></tr><tr><td><code class="attributeName">loaderClass</code></td><td>
<p>Java class name of the <code>java.lang.ClassLoader</code>
implementation class to use. Custom implementations must extend
<code>org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase</code>.
</p>
<p>If not specified, the default value is
<code>org.apache.catalina.loader.ParallelWebappClassLoader</code>. The
default <strong>loaderClass</strong> is parallel capable, which
means that multiple threads may load difference classes in parallel.
A non-parallel capable <strong>loaderClass</strong> is available and can
be used by specifying
<code>org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader</code>.</p>
</td></tr></table>
</div></div>
</div><h3 id="Nested_Components">Nested Components</h3><div class="text">
<p>No components may be nested inside a <strong>Loader</strong> element.</p>
</div><h3 id="Special_Features">Special Features</h3><div class="text">
<div class="subsection"><h4 id="Logging">Logging</h4><div class="text">
<p>A loader is associated with the log category based on its classname.</p>
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